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1797. 

 Nov. 19. Comrie 11 a.m. A shock, with long and loud noise. 

 Dec. 19. Comrie at 6 a.m. A slight shock with loud noise; much rain 

 had fallen previously. 

 1798. 

 April 19. Comrie. Three shocks in morning ; one very smart. 

 May 6. Comrie at 10 a.m. A very smart shock ; day warm, and an un- 

 common noise. 

 1799. 

 Jan. 17. At Comrie. Earthquakes felt. 

 Feb. 6. A very severe shock at Guernsey, which caused an extensive 



land-slip. 

 . ... 24. Comrie. Shock at 1^^ 60' a.m. which greatly alarmed us. The 

 wind had been very high before ; but it lulled during the con- 

 tinuance of the shock, and then blew as strong as before. 

 Shock proceeded from west to east ; subterranean noises ac- 

 companied the shocks. 

 Mar. 3. (Sunday.) Two loud rumbles at Comrie since last Sunday. 

 1800. 



Dec. 8. Violent shock at 9 a.m. at Comrie. Noise very loud, long 

 continued, and alarming. 

 1801. 



Jan. 11. At Comrie two violent shocks, the one at 7 a.m., the other after 

 11. Loud noise. Scene very awful. Day wet. Wind un- 

 certain. This shock was felt also at Loch Erne head, Killin, 

 Tyndrum, and Glenfinlas ; also at Callander, Perth, Grange- 

 mouth, &c. Though it was distinctly felt in the New Town 

 of Edinburgh, it was not perceived in the Old Town, or to 

 the south of it. 



Sept. 6. (Sunday.) Comrie, at 1'^ 15' p.m. Wind lulled at time of shock. 

 Shock at Comrie great, with very loud noise, perhaps more so 

 than an^'^ before. Several subterranean noises, and one slight 

 shock. Morning chilly. Wind NE. Pretty calm before. 

 It rose after the earthquake, and blew sometimes violently 

 during the afternoon. In the preceding evening, the air 

 troubled, and apparently charged with electricity. This the 

 case for several nights past. On the NE., as clear as if the 

 moon had been rising about 9 or 10 in the evening, whereas 

 it was in the last quarter. All the night of Thursday, Friday, 

 and Saturday, it was uncommonly clear. The electrical fluid 

 seemed to be waving between every cloud all over the hori- 

 zon, and the whole atmosphere seemed to announce an earth- 

 quake. The weather has been excellent for reaping the har- 

 vest. 



\\,, 7. At 6 A.M. Edinburgh, Dunfermline, and Glasgow at same in- 

 stant; and Harvieston, near Dollar. More severe at Col- 

 quhalzie (near Crieff) than the one on 23d October 1839. At 



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